Daily GK Updates - 27th September, 2016

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. CSIR celebrates Platinum Jubilee: India's largest civilian research and development agency Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR is celebrating its platinum jubilee.

2. Government removes Sushil Muhnot as CMD of Bank of Maharashtra: The Centre has removed Sushil Muhnot from the post of Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Maharashtra. The head office of Bank of Maharashtra is in Pune.

3. Vijay Kelkar elected as the President of Indian Statistical Institute: Former petroleum Secretary Vijay Kelkar has been elected as a president of the prestigious Indian Statistical Institute (ISI). Vijay Kelkar has succeeded former RBI governor C Rangarajan.

4. Sachin, Amitabh in new Swachh Bharat Campaign: The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has launched an ad campaign featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Sachin Tendulkar, for the Swachh Bharat Mission. Under this campaign, three ad films featuring.

5. Veerappa Moily led parliamentary panel to examine merger of budgets: The parliamentary committee headed by the Congress MP M Veerappa Moily, has been constituted to review the all budgetary reforms. Besides the budget, the committee will also review the disinvestment policy, the banking sector in India, RBI’s emerging role and its framework.

6. Tripura Legislative Assembly ratifies GST Bill: Tripura becomes 22nd state to ratifies the Constitutional Amendment Bill on Goods and Services Tax (GST).

7. Agriculture Minister inaugurates KrishiUnnatiMela in Mathura: The Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh has inaugurated the 4 days Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Krishi Unnati Mela – 2016, in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. World Tourism Day observed on 27^th September: The World Tourism Day (WTD) is being observed annually on 27th September to raise awareness about the importance of tourism. Theme for the World Tourism Day is - "Tourism for all promoting universal accessibility’.

2. Pakistan assembly passes marriage bill protecting Hindu women’s rights: Pakistan’s lower house of parliament has passed a landmark bill giving its small Hindu minority the right to register marriages.

OTHER UPDATES:

SPORTS:

1. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran wins Belgium Open: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran has become only the second Indian table tennis player to win an ITTF event as he clinched the men's singles title of the Belgium Open.